Rewarding Political Cronies: How Bad Is It?

Join us for a special panel discussion featuring Jay Cost, Staff Writer at The Weekly Standard and author of Spoiled Rotten: How the Politics of Patronage Corrupted the Once-Noble Democratic Party and Now Threatens the American Republic, a new book that examines how special interests have shaped the modern Democratic Party, and Tim Carney, Senior Political Columnist at the Washington Examiner and MSNBC contributor whose columns have shed light on how special interests have manipulated the legislative and regulatory processes

More About the Speakers

Jay Cost Staff Writer, The Weekly Standard, and Author of Spoiled Rotten: How the Politics of Patronage Corrupted the Once-Noble Democratic Party and Now Threatens the American Republic

Tim CarneySenior Political Columnist, Washington Examiner; MSNBC Contributor; and Author of The Big Ripoff: How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money and Obamanomics: How Barack Obama Is Bankrupting You and Enriching His Wall Street Friends, Corporate Lobbyists, and Union Bosses

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